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The French word for brush is
brosse





brush

Gender

The gender of brosse is feminine. E.g. la brosse.

Plural

The plural of brosse is brosses.

French Definition


brush
     1. n. Brosse.
           Soldier! Get down on your hands and knees, and scrub the floor with this brush.
     2. n. Pinceau.
           paint brush
     3. n. La queue de quelques animaux, en particulier du renard.
           a fox's brush
     4. n. Brousse, broussailles, broussaille.
           The brush was so thick that it was difficult to travel more than a mile per day.
     5. v. Brosser.
     6. v. Appliquer (avec une brosse), passer (avec une brosse).
           He brushed out the stray marks.
     7. v. Effleurer.
           The stranger brushed by him in the crowd.
     8. v. Apprendre de nouveau.
           You'll have to brush up on your skills if you want to pass the exam and get your license.



Translations for brush and their definitions

brosser
     1. v. to brush (to clean/tidy/shape with a brush)
     2. v. to whip, to beat (to defeat)
     3. v. (Belgium, informal) to play truant, to skip class


brosse
     1. n-f. brush (the implement)
     2. n-f. crew cut
           Haha! Tu t'es fait une brosse, tu t'es cru en 1982 ou quoi ?
     3. v. first-person singular present of brosser
     4. v. third-person singular present of brosser
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of brosser


brossage


frôler
     1. v. to brush against, touch, skim, graze
     2. v. to verge on


accrochage
     1. n-m. collision, bump
     2. n-m. clash
     3. n-m. (mining) the area of a coalmine where full tubs are loaded into the cage for hoisting to the surface; pit bottom, pit eye


peindre
     1. v. to paint
           Jaquinot adore peindre des portraits de ses parents et de ses amis. Il a beaucoup de talent. - Jaquinot loves to paint portraits of his parents and his friends. He is very talented.


effleurer
     1. v. to stroke gently, to touch lightly
     2. v. to brush over, to brush past
     3. v. (figuratively) to skim over (a subject)


peinturer
     1. v. (Canada) to paint
     2. v. (France) to paint like a child, in a way lacking grace and dexterity
           Cet enfant s'amuse à peinturer.


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